Deserved call up for Defoe after Kane blunder

With Harry Kane out injured, England manager Gareth Southgate has called upon the experience of former Tottenham Hotspur striker Jermain Defoe to help England through a bit of an injury crisis.

he has netted 14 Premier League goals this season and the only English player to score more is Harry Kane himself with 19, so purely on goalscoring form he is worth his place, especially when you consider he is doing it in a team desperately fighting relegation.

Kane is out for between four to six weeks we hear as a result of his unnecessary selection against Millwall in the FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane at the weekend. The international break comes to our rescue a little bit as that takes up 10 days.